The event will take place at Metso Group Head Office, Fabianinkatu 9 A, Helsinki, Finland. The news conference will be held in English.

The news conference can also be followed through a live webcast at www.metso.com/IRwebcasts or through a simultaneously arranged conference call. It will be possible to ask questions during the event through the conference call.

Due to the live webcast, we are kindly asking those attending the news conference to be present 5 minutes prior the start of the event.

A replay will be available for 14 days until August 9, 2012 on the following phone numbers:
US: +1 954 334 0342
other countries: +44 20 7031 4064
access code 910 754

An audio file (mp3) and a transcript of the event are available for downloading at www.metso.com/IRwebcasts at the latest on Friday, July 27. The presentation material will be available after the publishing of the Interim Review at www.metso.com/Investors.

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